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Two Bottles of Relish

- The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories
Af: Lord Dunsany Engelsk Paperback

Two Bottles of Relish

- The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories
Af: Lord Dunsany Engelsk Paperback
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Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the imagination and reveals the acknowledged master of the short story at his very best.SMETHERS is a travelling salesman for Numnumo, who make a relish for meats and savouries. He shares a flat with an Oxford graduate called Linley, who fancies himself as a detective and to whom Scotland Yard is inclined to turn if they encounter a particularly challenging mystery. When a pretty young girl disappears and her lodger is suspected of murdering her, two bottles of Numnumo relish are the only clues, and Smethers is sent to gather more information . . .Amongst the hundreds of fantasy stories for which the Irish dramatist, poet and writer Lord Dunsany became deservedly famous there was one solitary little book of detective stories. Selected by Ellery Queen as an ‘unequivocal keystone’ in the history of crime writing, this quirky collection is a mixture of the masterful and the macabre, a book that lovers of detective stories and tales of the unexpected will want to savour.
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Lord Dunsany mixes reality with fantasy in this forgotten collection of modern detective stories. Some are macabre, others have a lighter and more amusing touch, but every story stimulates the imagination and reveals the acknowledged master of the short story at his very best.SMETHERS is a travelling salesman for Numnumo, who make a relish for meats and savouries. He shares a flat with an Oxford graduate called Linley, who fancies himself as a detective and to whom Scotland Yard is inclined to turn if they encounter a particularly challenging mystery. When a pretty young girl disappears and her lodger is suspected of murdering her, two bottles of Numnumo relish are the only clues, and Smethers is sent to gather more information . . .Amongst the hundreds of fantasy stories for which the Irish dramatist, poet and writer Lord Dunsany became deservedly famous there was one solitary little book of detective stories. Selected by Ellery Queen as an ‘unequivocal keystone’ in the history of crime writing, this quirky collection is a mixture of the masterful and the macabre, a book that lovers of detective stories and tales of the unexpected will want to savour.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9780008159382
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0008159386
Kategori: Oxfordshire
Udg. Dato: 23 nov 2023
Længde: 14mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: HarperCollins Publishers
Oplagsdato: 23 nov 2023
Forfatter(e): Lord Dunsany
Forfatter(e) Lord Dunsany


Kategori Oxfordshire


ISBN-13 9780008159382


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 240


Udgave


Længde 14mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 23 nov 2023


Oplagsdato 23 nov 2023


Forlag HarperCollins Publishers

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